The Lindisfarne Gospels take Anglo-Saxon grave goods to Durham, 600 years of witches descend on Edinburgh, and a new festival ponders the possible demise of all things Cockney. This month's history and heritage exhibition and event highlights...

Curators see the spectacular items of Saint Cuthbert’s coffin as a tale of Anglo-Saxon Britain’s culture, religious rituals and art. Swords, gold cross, Viking raider stones and more will glitter at the centre of the World Heritage Site.

Made during the Early Bronze Age and discovered in a Flintshire quarry in 1833, this singular ceremonial cape was one of the top ten treasures in the BBC’s History of the World series. National Museum Wales have reinterpreted it in the light of revealing recent research.

The National Media Museum’s collaboration with Seven Stories, the children’s centre in Newcastle, results in a rasping adventure through small and big screen history. Roald Dahl’s notebook for Fantastic Mr Fox accompanies costumes from Hugo, by Martin Scorsese, and artefacts from The Borrowers, Mr Stink and more.

Is Cockney heritage dying a colloquial death? Organised by the Cockney Heritage Trust and Tower Hamlets Council, this festival lets you make your own mind up through more than 50 events starring East Enders past and present.

Recreate a masque – a fantastical, theatrical kind of ball put on for Stuart kings – in a hall encouraging the donning of costumes and dancing. Renaissance dance teachers, a central stage performance, wolf headdresses and a chill-out zone all await.

Six themes and 500 years of witchcraft to dwell on in Scotland, including loans from the National Gallery and works by artists ranging from Francisco de Goya to Paula Rego. The dastardly trio sent by Shakespeare to deliberate over Macbeth’s fate are among the subjects.